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Vulva on horseback Pewter Badge Running Phallus Pewter Badge Phallus and Vulva Pewter Badge
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1375-1425.
The mounted vulva figure is crowned
and brandishes a flail and a crossbow.
1400-1450. Dutch.
The figure on top pushes a wheelbarrow
in which there are three babies,
an indication of the virility and potency of the wearer.
1375-1425. Dutch.
The two animals stand above a banner which reads “Madelin”,
for Mary Magdelin, the Patron Saint of prostitutes
Flying Phallus Pewter Badge Our lady of Rocamadour Pewter Badge The Cult of John the Baptist, Amiens. Badge
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Flying Phallus

1375-1425.
Dutch. The phallus animal wears a rumbler bell
at it’s neck and has wings.
This is the most common form

Our lady of Rocamadour

This mountain shrine, the Church of the Blessed Mary,
was a popular pilgrimage attraction
and the badges were reported to have miraculous curing powers.
The motto translates to “The Seal of the Blessed Mary of Rocamadour”.
Supposedly part of the skull of John the Baptist was a relic at Amiens.
The latin motto translates to “Here is the head of John the Baptist”.
The badge shows the priest and two attendants as they draw back a cloth to reveal the Face.
With loops for stitching.
Saint James Pewter Badge Scallop Shell Pewter Badge Bust of Becket Pewter Badge
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1375-1425 From Compostella,
this badge features
the upper body of Saint James on top of the shell.

1350-1400. From Compostella, the shell became the universal symbol of pilgrimage.

This example features the figure of a pilgrim, with staff and broad brimmed hat.

 		Bust of Becket
The Holy Face, Lucca Pewter Badge Saint Leonard of Noblat Pewter Badge St. Edmund Pewter Badge
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This Italian shrine was on the main route for pilgrims to Rome.
The venerated relic was a larger than life-size figure of the crucified Christ,
with a face that was reputedly carved by an angel.
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One of the most popular Saints as a patron for prenant women and also as a liberator of prisoners.
This badge shows the Saint pointing at a pair of manacles.
As he touches a kneeling prisoner the manacles fall from his hands.
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Early fifteenth century.
Edmund was King of East Anglia.
Captured after a Viking invasion in 869AD,
he refused to give up his Christian faith
and was shot with arrows then beheaded.